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Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
- To: eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il
- Subject: Re: Another RFC: regex in libiberty
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 09:17:53 -0700
- Cc: dj at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <9003-Fri08Jun2001100651+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il>
>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
>> The two contenders seem to be a modified GNU regex and the
>> ever-popular Henry Spencer's regex. Does anyone have any
>> strong opinions for either of these, or against any regex in
>> libiberty at all?
My opinion may or may not matter on this debate, but here it is.
Since libiberty for use in GNU software, we must use GNU regex. If
GNU regex is slow, we should make it faster.
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com
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